A total of 29 players have died in Delaware
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Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date Place of Death +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+ Doc Amole 1897-1898 18 48 5 5 0 0 0 5 2 0 .104 .173 .104 0 0 1912-03-07 Wilmington Harry Anderson 1957-1961 484 1586 199 419 82 16 60 242 159 291 .264 .334 .450 3 6 1998-06-11 Greenville Frank Bennett 1927-1928 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1966-03-18 Wilmington Huck Betts 1920-1935 311 437 29 86 5 0 0 19 25 63 .197 .244 .208 0 0 1987-06-13 Millsboro Bill Bruton 1953-1964 1610 6056 937 1651 241 102 94 545 482 793 .273 .328 .393 207 89 1995-12-05 Marshallton Pete Cassidy 1896-1899 101 382 39 98 15 1 3 48 17 7 .257 .307 .325 11 0 1929-07-09 Wilmington Ed Cihocki 1932-1933 34 98 6 14 2 3 0 9 7 16 .143 .200 .224 0 0 1987-11-09 Newark Bert Cunningham 1887-1901 358 1172 145 254 32 14 9 124 64 113 .217 .261 .291 14 0 1952-05-14 Cragmere Brandy Davis 1952-1953 67 134 19 25 3 1 0 3 11 31 .187 .248 .224 9 4 2005-06-12 Newark Bill Day 1889-1890 14 43 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 6 .047 .047 .047 0 0 1923-08-16 Wilmington Frankie Frisch 1919-1937 2311 9112 1532 2880 466 138 105 1244 728 272 .316 .369 .432 419 74 1973-03-12 Wilmington Chick Gagnon 1922-1924 14 9 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 .222 .222 .222 0 0 1970-04-30 Wilmington Bill Hawke 1892-1894 77 233 22 49 7 1 2 27 10 42 .210 .246 .275 1 0 1902-12-11 Wilmington Al Hermann 1923-1924 32 94 2 22 4 0 0 11 0 8 .234 .234 .277 3 2 1980-08-20 Lewes Bill Higgins 1888-1890 82 316 45 76 8 2 0 40 25 3 .241 .296 .278 8 0 1919-04-25 Wilmington Harry Hoch 1908-1915 30 33 5 4 0 0 0 0 3 12 .121 .194 .121 0 0 1981-10-26 Lewes Broadway Jones 1923-1923 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 0 0 1977-09-07 Lewes Bill Killefer 1909-1921 1035 3150 237 751 86 21 4 240 113 126 .238 .273 .283 39 8 1960-07-03 Elsmere Flip Lafferty 1876-1877 5 20 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 .050 .050 .100 0 0 1910-02-08 Wilmington Len Lovett 1873-1875 7 26 3 7 1 0 0 3 1 5 .269 .296 .308 0 0 1922-11-18 Newark Charlie Marshall 1941-1941 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2007-04-15 Wilmington Sadie McMahon 1889-1897 325 1128 126 230 21 9 3 115 45 113 .204 .240 .246 17 0 1954-02-20 Wilmington Leo Meyer 1909-1909 7 23 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .130 .200 .130 0 0 1968-09-02 Smyrna Joseph Myers 1905-1905 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1956-02-11 Delaware City John Newell 1891-1891 5 18 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 .111 .158 .111 0 0 1919-01-28 Wilmington George Prentiss 1901-1902 11 23 1 6 0 0 0 3 2 0 .261 .320 .261 0 0 1902-09-08 Wilmington Chris Short 1959-1973 465 697 29 88 5 2 0 24 14 198 .126 .146 .139 1 0 1991-08-01 Wilmington Happy Townsend 1901-1906 155 427 26 71 14 3 1 29 12 0 .166 .196 .220 3 0 1963-12-21 Wilmington Dave Zearfoss 1896-1905 72 202 15 42 3 3 0 17 19 5 .208 .279 .252 2 0 1945-09-12 Wilmington +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+
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Player From To W L WL% ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO Date Place of Death +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+ Doc Amole 1897-1898 4 10 .286 4.75 18 12 10 0 0 119.3 150 63 0 39 30 1912-03-07 Wilmington Frank Bennett 1927-1928 0 1 .000 2.70 5 1 0 0 0 13.3 16 4 0 6 1 1966-03-18 Wilmington Huck Betts 1920-1935 61 68 .473 3.93 307 125 53 8 16 1366.3 1581 596 83 321 323 1987-06-13 Millsboro Bert Cunningham 1887-1901 142 167 .460 4.22 341 310 286 4 2 2726.7 3063 1279 61 1064 718 1952-05-14 Cragmere Bill Day 1889-1890 1 10 .091 4.66 14 11 10 0 0 92.7 108 48 1 59 39 1923-08-16 Wilmington Bill Hawke 1892-1894 32 31 .508 4.98 76 66 49 2 3 533.7 629 295 19 234 193 1902-12-11 Wilmington Harry Hoch 1908-1915 2 7 .222 4.35 30 8 4 0 0 120.0 127 58 3 66 26 1981-10-26 Lewes Broadway Jones 1923-1923 0 0 9.00 3 0 0 0 0 8.0 5 8 0 7 1 1977-09-07 Lewes Flip Lafferty 1876-1877 0 1 .000 0.00 1 1 1 0 0 9.0 5 0 0 0 0 1910-02-08 Wilmington Len Lovett 1873-1875 0 1 .000 7.00 1 1 1 0 0 9.0 22 7 0 1 1 1922-11-18 Newark Sadie McMahon 1889-1897 173 127 .577 3.51 321 305 279 14 4 2634.0 2726 1026 52 945 967 1954-02-20 Wilmington Joseph Myers 1905-1905 0 0 3.60 1 1 1 0 0 5.0 3 2 0 3 5 1956-02-11 Delaware City George Prentiss 1901-1902 3 3 .500 5.31 11 7 4 0 0 57.7 76 34 1 21 10 1902-09-08 Wilmington Chris Short 1959-1973 135 132 .506 3.43 501 308 88 24 18 2325.0 2215 886 183 806 1629 1991-08-01 Wilmington Happy Townsend 1901-1906 35 82 .299 3.59 153 125 107 5 0 1137.7 1154 454 24 416 473 1963-12-21 Wilmington +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+
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+-------------------+--+---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-------+--------+-------+-------+----------+--------------+ Manager YR From To G W L WP BstFin WstFin PostSsn Pennants WrldSer PlyrMgr Date Place of Death +-------------------+--+---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-------+--------+-------+-------+----------+--------------+ Frankie Frisch 16 1933-1951 2246 1138 1078 .514 1 8 1 1 1 PlyrMgr 1973-03-12 Wilmington Bill Killefer 9 1921-1933 1149 524 622 .457 4 8 0 0 0 PlyrMgr 1960-07-03 Elsmere +-------------------+--+---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-------+--------+-------+-------+----------+--------------+
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